The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1887-11-03
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The Conso'i lated Cattlegrowers' Asso.
citation Of the United States ia now hold.
ing is anDu | convention ut X snsas City.
| Missouri. N. j. Coleman. United States
Commissioner o. Agriculture, delivered
sa address in which he said the cattle in
dustry # this country. representing ST..
200, OO0. 600. was under a cloud Of mis-
fortune at present, but he was satisfied
the p ,pulaton Of the uutry is iocreas-
ing tar more rapidly I'll is the beef sup
ply, and that this circumstance would
rectify matters. He then proceeded to
/ read q semi.officisl statement of the work
| Of his department i" fightiog pleuro. ppeu-
| monis. After snmm a'izins the appropri.
at'o's aud authority given by Congress
to the Barrau for the purpose Of exter-
minating tn. plague, Coleman said he
had pfpp,r.d a series Of rules and regu-
81 various Stats aud Territories with the
request that they cn.oper tie in observance
OF them. Thirty -on- States and Teri.
tories had rrso"nded and promised their
| assistance. He had also submitted to
State Legislatures an Act providing for
State corporation. This hill became a
law in Rhod4 Island. Virginia, New
York and illinois. II regard to the
actual work Of the Department. he men,
ii med that Cook county. Illinois, aud
number Of COMMITTEES in New York and
Maryland. had been placed in quarantine.
| A circul,r had been issu-d to railroads
asking their Cooperation, and he was
pleased to state very /. IT .etive assistance
had been rendered by them.
From January to October Is Of the
| present year the inspectors of the bureau
| Of Animal Industry had examined II. 655
herds. cont .inine 81, Cos head of cattle.
OF these Ats herds opnt aiming 6. CSC cattle,
were placed in special quarantine and
|, 200 were fonnd to he diseased.
Mr.. Coleman IN saying that the disease
! bad seen er ,dcated from Cook county,
| Illinois, remsrk'd that the quarantine
| would be removed about December |.
Maryland and New York had been the
worst hoibeds OF the disease. For years
it has existed in Maryland and defied all
attempts to extrpats it. The cities OF
New York, Brooklyn and Baltimore and
their suburbs for forty years have been
plague spots whence the disease has
spread to other parts of the country.
But IN Maryland we now have things
under control.
IL regard to the needs of the Bureau
for the next year. Mr.. Coleman said all
that was necessary was sufficient ap.
preparation, IS the work was progressing
smoothly and systematically.
10 conclusion the Commissioned said
II have not alluded to the fact that the
disease has been stamped out in Missouri,
whore one Illinois bull, coming into the
State Fair at Fulton, csused quarantine
against the whole State and a loss TO cat.
tlemen of 81, 000,0 600 have not alluded
to the fact that il has been stamped out
10 Kentucky, where the amount of loss
was 81. 900, 600. 1t has been estimated
that the cattle disease in the past forty
| FIVE years has cost Great Britain $780,
000 900. 1t it here to-day in almost as
bad form as it ever was. We have
strong laws, but they leave the execution
of them to the local authorities. The
disease needs heroic treatment. In Scot.
land il is 30 bad to-day that upon my
recommendation this country has declared
a quarantine against all Scotch csttls,
and it has been my ambition to see the
disease wiped out till not trace of it
shall remain, and ia year and half |
expect to have this ambition gratified
And l will say it may be wise idea TO
quarantine against all Europe, which has
been the hotbed of the disease which
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